# Basically Basic Jekyll Theme

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Basically Basic is a [Jekyll theme](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/) meant as 
a substitute for the default --- [Minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima). 
Conventions and features found there are fully supported by **Basically Basic**, 
with a few enhancements thrown in for good measure:

- Clean responsive design with [six customizable skins](#skin)
- Curriculum Vitæ/Resume layout powered by [JSON data](http://registry.jsonresume.org/)
- About page layout
- Disqus Comments and Google Analytics support
- SEO best practices via [Jekyll SEO Tag](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag/)

![jekyll-theme-basically-basic](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24117647/6dede894-0d81-11e7-9c2c-f19bea45e219.jpg)

## Table of Contents

1. [Installation](#installation)
2. [Configuration](#configuration)
   1. [Skin](#skin)
   2. [Google Fonts](#google-fonts)
   3. [Text](#text)
   4. [Navigation](#navigation)
   5. [Pagination](#pagination)
   6. [Author](#author)
   7. [Reading Time](#reading-time)
   8. [Comments (via Disqus)](#comments-via-disqus)
   9. [Google Analytics](#google-analytics)
3. [Layouts](#layouts)
   1. [Default](#layout-default)
   2. [Post](#layout-post)
   3. [Page](#layout-page)
   4. [Home](#layout-home)
   5. [About](#layout-about)
   6. [Curriculum Vitæ/Resume](#layout-cv)
4. [Customization](#customization)
   1. [Overriding Includes and Layouts](#overriding-includes-and-layouts)
   2. [Customizing Sass (SCSS)](#customizing-sass-scss)
   3. [Customizing JavaScript](#customizing-javascript)
   4. [SVG Icons](#svg-icons)
   5. [Customizing Sidebar Content](#customizing-sidebar-content)
5. [Development](#development)
6. [Contributing](#contributing)
   1. [Pull Requests](#pull-requests)
7. [Credits](#credits)

## Installation

1. Install the theme as a Ruby Gem by adding it to your `Gemfile` like so:

   ```ruby
   gem "jekyll-theme-basically-basic", :git => "https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic.git"
   ```

2. Fetch and update your bundled gems by running the following 
   [Bundler](http://bundler.io/) command:
   
   ```bash
   bundle
   ```

3. Set the `theme` in your project's Jekyll configuration, `_config.yml`:

   ```yaml
   theme: jekyll-theme-basically-basic
   ```

**Note:** 3rd-party Ruby gem themes aren't currently supported on sites hosted 
with [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/). Basically Basic can still be 
used on GH Pages, but you will need to fork the theme instead.

## Configuration

Configuration of site-wide elements (`lang`, `title`, `description`, `logo`, 
`author`, etc.) happens in your project's `_config.yml`. See the 
[example configuration](example/_config.yml) in this repo for additional 
reference.

|                    | Description                                                               |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `lang`             | Used to indicate the language of text (e.g., en-US, en-GB, fr)            |
| `title`            | Your site's title (e.g., Dungan's Awesome Site)                           |
| `description`      | Short site description (e.g., A blog about grasshopper mash)              |
| `url`              | The full URL to your site (e.g., https://groverloaf.org)                  |
| `author`           | Global author information (see below)                                     |
| `logo`             | Path to a site-wide logo ~100x100px (e.g., /assets/your-company-logo.png) |
| `twitter_username` | Site-wide Twitter username, used as a link in sidebar                     |
| `github_username`  | Site-wide GitHub username, used as a link in sidebar                      |

For more configuration options be sure to consult the documentation for: 
[**jekyll-seo-tag**][jekyll-seo-tag], [**jekyll-feed**][jekyll-feed], 
[**jekyll-paginate**][jekyll-paginate], and [**jekyll-sitemap**][jekyll-sitemap].

[jekyll-seo-tag]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag
[jekyll-feed]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-feed
[jekyll-paginate]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-paginate
[jekyll-sitemap]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap

### Skin

This theme comes in six different skins (color variations). To change skins add 
one of the following to your [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) file:

| `skin: default` | `skin: night` | `skin: plum` |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![default-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115744/c0618c90-0d7a-11e7-8e2d-ec70f9db0c1b.png) | ![night-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115770/d61127f8-0d7a-11e7-9158-986bee2be8e7.png) | ![plum-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115778/db523a0e-0d7a-11e7-9452-8692b736d67e.png) |

| `skin: sea` | `skin: soft` | `skin: steel` |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![sea-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115788/e27d818a-0d7a-11e7-8c56-2480e9ae83fb.png) | ![soft-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115790/e6e548e8-0d7a-11e7-8e2d-d8053e8befd1.png) | ![steel-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115799/eb2108e8-0d7a-11e7-8cc3-a6f22e4082ee.png) |

### Google Fonts

This theme allows you to easily use [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/) 
throughout the theme. Simply add the following to your 
[`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml), replacing the font `name` and `weights` 
accordingly.

```yaml
google_fonts:
  - name: "Fira Sans"
    weights: "400,400i,600,600i"
  - name: "Fira Sans Condensed"
```

### Text

To change text found throughout the theme add the following to your 
[`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) file and customize as necessary.

```yaml
t:
  skip_links: "Skip links"
  skip_primary_nav: "Skip to primary navigation"
  skip_content: "Skip to content"
  skip_footer: "Skip to footer"
  menu: "Menu"
  home: "Home"
  newer: "Newer"
  older: "Older"
  email: "Email"
  subscribe: "Subscribe"
  read_more: "Read More"
  posts: "Posts"
  page: "Page"
  of: "of"
  min_read: "min read"
  present: "Present"
```

### Navigation

By default all internal pages with a `title` will be added to the "off-canvas" 
menu. For more granular control and sorting of these menu links:

1. Create a custom list to override the default setting by adding a 
`navigation_pages` array to your [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) file. 

2. Add raw page paths in the order you'd like:

   ```yaml
   navigation_pages:
     - about.md
     - cv.md
   ```

Each menu link's title and URL will be populated based on their `title` and 
`permalink` respectively.

### Pagination

Break up the main listing of posts into smaller lists and display them over 
multiple pages by [enabling pagination](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/pagination/).

1. Include the `jekyll-paginate` plugin in your `Gemfile`.

   ```ruby
   group :jekyll_plugins do
     gem "jekyll-paginate"
   end
   ```

2. Add `jekyll-paginate` to `gems` array in your `_config.yml` file and the 
following pagination settings:

   ```yaml
   paginate: 5  # amount of posts to show per page
   paginate_path: /page:num/
   ```

3. Create `index.html` (or rename `index.md`) in the root of your project and 
add `layout: home` `paginate: true` to its YAML Front Matter.

### Author

Author information is used as meta data for post "by lines" and propagates the 
`creator` field of Twitter summary cards with the following YAML Front Matter 
in `_config.yml`:

```yaml
author:
  name: John Doe
  twitter: johndoetwitter
  picture: /assets/images/johndoe.png
```

Site-wide author information can be overridden in a document's YAML Front Matter 
in the same way:

```yaml
author:
  name: Jane Doe
  twitter: janedoetwitter
  picture: /assets/images/janedoe.png
```

Or by specifying a corresponding key in the document's YAML Front Matter, that 
exists in `site.data.authors`. E.g., you have the following in the document's 
YAML Front Matter:

```yaml
author: megaman
```

And you have the following in `_data/authors.yml`:

```yaml
megaman:
  name: Mega Man
  twitter: megamantwitter
  picture: /assets/images/megaman.png

drlight:
  name: Dr. Light
  twitter: drlighttwitter
  picture: /assets/images/drlight.png
```

Currently `author.picture` is only used in `layout: about`. Recommended size is 
`300 x 300` pixels.

### Reading Time

To enable reading time counts add `read_time: true` to a post or page's YAML 
Front Matter.

### Comments (via Disqus)

Optionally, if you have a [Disqus](https://disqus.com/) account, you can show a 
comments section below each post.

To enable Disqus comments, add your [Disqus shortname](https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466208) to your project's `_config.yml` file:

```yaml
  disqus:
    shortname: my_disqus_shortname
```

Comments are enabled by default and will only appear in production when built 
with the following [environment value](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/configuration/#specifying-a-jekyll-environment-at-build-time): 
`JEKYLL_ENV=production`

If you don't want to display comments for a particular post you can disable 
them by adding `comments: false` to that post's YAML Front Matter.

### Google Analytics

To enable Google Analytics, add your [tracking ID](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032385) 
to `_config.yml` like so:

```yaml
  google_analytics: UA-NNNNNNNN-N
```

Similar to comments, the Google Analytics tracking script will only appear in 
production when using the following environment value: `JEKYLL_ENV=production`.

## Layouts

This theme provides the following layouts, which you can use by setting the 
`layout` [Front Matter](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) on each page, 
like so:

```yaml
---
layout: name
---
```

### `layout: default`

This layout handles all of the basic page scaffolding placing the page content 
between the masthead and footer elements. All other layouts inherit this one 
and provide additional styling and features inside of the `{{ content }}` block.

### `layout: post`

This layout accommodates the following YAML Front Matter:

```yaml
# optional alternate title to replace page.title at the top of the page
alt_title: "Basically Basic"

# optional sub-title below the page title
sub_title: "The name says it all"

# optional intro text below titles, Markdown allowed
introduction: |
    Basically Basic is a Jekyll theme meant to be a substitute for the default --- [Minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima). Conventions and features found in Minima are fully supported by **Basically Basic**.

# optional call to action links
actions:
  - label: "Learn More"
    icon: github  # references name of svg icon, see full list below
    url: "http://url-goes-here.com"
  - label: "Download"
    icon: download  # references name of svg icon, see full list below
    url: "http://url-goes-here.com"

image:  # URL to a hero image associated with the post (e.g., /assets/page-pic.jpg)

# post specific author data if different from what is set in _config.yml 
author:
  name: John Doe
  twitter: johndoetwitter

comments: false  # disable comments on this post
```

### `layout: page`

Visually this layout looks and acts the same as `layout: post`, with two minor 
differences.

- Author "by line" and publish date are omitted.
- Disqus comments are omitted.

### `layout: home`

This layout accommodates the same YAML Front Matter as `layout: page`, with the 
addition of the following:

```yaml
paginate: true  # enables pagination loop, see section above for additional setup
```

### `layout: about`

This layout accommodates the same YAML Front Matter as `layout: page`, with the 
addition of the following to display an author picture:

```yaml
author:
  name: John Doe
  picture /assets/images/johndoe.png
```

Recommended `picture` size is approximately `300 x 300` pixels. If `author` 
object is not explicitly set in the about page's YAML Front Matter the theme 
will default to the value set in `_config.yml`.

If blank there no image will appear.

### `layout: cv`

This layout accommodates the same YAML Front Matter as `layout: page`. It 
leverages a [JSON-based file standard](https://jsonresume.org/schema/) for 
resume data to conveniently render a curriculum vitæ or resume painlessly.

Simply use JSON Resume's [in-browser resume builder](http://registry.jsonresume.org/) 
to export a JSON file and save to your project as `_data/cv.json`.

## Customization

The default structure, style, and scripts of this theme can be overridden and 
customized in the following two ways.

### Overriding Includes and Layouts

Theme defaults can be [overridden](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/#overriding-theme-defaults) 
by placing a file with the same name into your project's `_includes` or 
`_layouts` directory. For instance:

- To specify a custom style path or meta data to the [`_includes/head.html `](_includes/head.html) 
file, create an `_includes` directory in your project, copy 
`_includes/head.html` from Basically Basic's gem folder to 
`<your_project>/_includes` and start editing that file.

**ProTip:** to locate the theme's files on your computer run 
`bundle show jekyll-theme-basically-basic`. This returns the location of the 
gem-based theme files.

### Customizing Sass (SCSS)

To override the default [Sass](http://sass-lang.com/guide) (located in theme's 
`_sass` directory), do one of the following:

1. Copy directly from the Basically Basic gem

   - Go to your local Basically Basic gem installation directory (run 
     `bundle show jekyll-theme-basically-basic` to get the path to it).
   - Copy the contents of `/assets/stylesheets/main.scss` from there to 
     `<your_project>`.
   - Customize want you want inside `<your_project>/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`.

2. Copy from this repo.

   - Copy the contents of [assets/stylesheets/main.scss](assets/stylesheets/main.scss) 
     to `<your_project>`.
   - Customize want you want inside `<your_project/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`.

**Note:** To make more extensive changes and customize the Sass partials bundled 
in the gem. You will need to copy the complete contents the `_sass` directory to 
`<your_project>` due to the way Jekyll currently reads those files.

To make basic tweaks to theme's style Sass variables can be overridden by adding 
to `<your_project>/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`. For instance, to change the 
accent color used throughout the theme add:

```scss
$accent-color: red;
```

Before any `@import` lines.

### Customizing JavaScript

To override the default JavaScript bundled in the theme, do one of the following:

1. Copy directly from the Basically Basic gem

   - Go to your local Basically Basic gem installation directory (run 
     `bundle show jekyll-theme-basically-basic` to get the path to it).
   - Copy the contents of `/assets/javascripts/main.js` from there to 
     `<your_project>`.
   - Customize what you want inside `<your_project>/assets/javascripts/main.js`.

2. Copy from this repo.

   - Copy the contents of [assets/javascripts/main.js](assets/javascripts/main.js) 
     to `<your_project>`.
   - Customize what you want inside `<your_project>/assets/javascripts/main.js`.

### SVG Icons

The theme uses social network logos and other iconography saved as SVGs for 
performance and flexibility. Said SVGs are located in the `_includes` directory 
and prefixed with `icon-`. Each icon has been sized and designed to fit a 
`16 x 16` viewbox and optimized with [SVGO](https://github.com/svg/svgo).

Fill colors are defined in the `_sass/basically-basic/_icons.scss` partial and 
set with `.icon-name` where class name matches the corresponding icon.

For example the Twitter icon is given a fill color of `#1da1f2` like so:

```html
<span class="icon icon--twitter">{% include icon-twitter.svg %}</span>
```

Alongside the SVG assets, there are icon helper includes to aid in generating 
social network links.

| Include Parameter | Description                      | Required                |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------| ----------------------- |
| `username`        | Username on given social network | **Required**            |
| `label`           | Text used for hyperlink | Optional, defaults to `username` |

For example, the following `icon-github.html` include:

```liquid
{% include icon-github.html username=jekyll label='GitHub' %}
```

Will output the following HTML:

```html
<a href="https://github.com/jekyll">
  <span class="icon icon--github"><svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-miterlimit="1.414"><path d="M8 0C3.58 0 0 3.582 0 8c0 3.535 2.292 6.533 5.47 7.59.4.075.547-.172.547-.385 0-.19-.007-.693-.01-1.36-2.226.483-2.695-1.073-2.695-1.073-.364-.924-.89-1.17-.89-1.17-.725-.496.056-.486.056-.486.803.056 1.225.824 1.225.824.714 1.223 1.873.87 2.33.665.072-.517.278-.87.507-1.07-1.777-.2-3.644-.888-3.644-3.953 0-.873.31-1.587.823-2.147-.09-.202-.36-1.015.07-2.117 0 0 .67-.215 2.2.82.64-.178 1.32-.266 2-.27.68.004 1.36.092 2 .27 1.52-1.035 2.19-.82 2.19-.82.43 1.102.16 1.915.08 2.117.51.56.82 1.274.82 2.147 0 3.073-1.87 3.75-3.65 3.947.28.24.54.73.54 1.48 0 1.07-.01 1.93-.01 2.19 0 .21.14.46.55.38C13.71 14.53 16 11.53 16 8c0-4.418-3.582-8-8-8"></path></svg></span>
  <span class="label">GitHub</span>
</a>
```

### Customizing Sidebar Content

---

## Development

To set up your environment to develop this theme:

1. Clone this repo
2. `cd` into `/example` and run `bundle install`.

To test the theme the locally as you make changes to it:

1. `cd` into the root folder of the repo (e.g. `jekyll-theme-basically-basic`).
2. Run `bundle exec rake preview` and open your browser to 
   `http://localhost:4000/example/`. 

This starts a Jekyll server using the theme's files and contents of the 
`example/` directory. As modifications are made, refresh your browser to see 
any changes.

## Contributing

Found a typo in the documentation? Interested in adding a feature or 
[fixing a bug][issues]? Then by all means [submit an issue][new-issue] or take a
stab at submitting a [pull request][using-pull-requests]. If this is your first 
pull request, it may be helpful to read up on the [GitHub Flow][github-flow].

[issues]: https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/issues
[new-issue]: https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/issues/new
[using-pull-requests]: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/
[github-flow]: https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/

### Pull Requests

When submitting a pull request:

1. Clone the repo.
2. Create a branch off of `master` and give it a meaningful name (e.g.
   `my-awesome-new-feature`) and describe the feature or fix.
3. Open a pull request on GitHub.

Theme documentation and sample pages can be found in the [`/docs`](docs) folder 
if you'd like to tackle any "low-hanging fruit" like fixing typos, bad grammar, etc.

---

## Credits

### Creator

**Michael Rose**

- <https://mademistakes.com>
- <https://twitter.com/mmistakes>
- <https://github.com/mmistakes>

### Icons + Demo Images:

- [Simple Icons](https://simpleicons.org/)
- [Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com)
- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/)

### Other:

- [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/)
- [Susy](http://susy.oddbird.net/)
- [Breakpoint](http://breakpoint-sass.com/)

---

## License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Michael Rose

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
